·Airtel added highest number of mobile subscribers at 491,570 followed by Vodafone (480,336) and BSNL (357,148). While Tata’s subscriber base shrunk by 1,607,347 followed by Uninor (1,106,438) and Reliance (844,735) mainly due to disconnections of inactive users by telecom operators

U.P. (East) grabbed No.1 position …

·U.P. (East) with 57.87 million active mobile subscribers is leading followed by Maharashtra with 57.50 million active mobile users

·However, U.P. (East) improved its proportion of active user base to 78.47% in October 2012 compared with 76.19% in September 2012 while Maharashtra’s proportion of active user base shrunk from 84.71% to 83.62% in the corresponding period